We both knew the guards wouldn't stop us from leaving at night, as they didn't really do much to stop fights in the day or at all in fact. I told Eres that the guards actually have a large gap in between their shifts, we could get out easily if we weren't in view around 9:00 PM (to 10:00 AM). So that night, we escaped. She had a backpack and purse full of stolen food and was (secretly) overjoyed to hear I didn't eat much meat/she didn't have to share much. We both later found  a abandoned building to stay in. It was ransacked and burned; but we were not stuck outside that night.

The next day was painfully scalding hot; Eres was surprisingly much more delicate to it though: I thought I HATED the heat, but she had to be carried some ways through the day. In a hilarious twist of fate, she offered to carry me when it started getting dark, when she was fine. I agreed as a joke but she surprisingly and easily carried me for miles… It was then I started trying to eat more when we ate. Also this trip was mostly silent as we were both in survival/dead serious mode, my skills from helping take care of my younger sister came out here; I often got Eres to avoid specific places and areas with people that gave me the sense of `STAY AWAY` while she assumed they would give us a ride the rest of the way. She trusted my judgment though, as we would watch people sometimes and learn they were robbers or police; both of which weren't helpful to us at all, especially in this year..  That night; we slept in a gas station; it wasn't destroyed but the very LOUD screaming and beating noises outside scared us both. We dared not leave the back of the store until daylight, as it sounded terrifying and ungodly demented…

In June; we made it the bunker! We had food left over and Eres was overjoyed at the success!